By Colette Sutherland Many years ago while looking to see what new reptiles were in at the local pet shop, I saw my first ball python, Python regius. Needless to say, a few days later I purchased him and brought him home. I named him Kashmire. Thus began…

Lay your adult snake out straight, sliding him into a clear plastic tube if necessary. Cap the end of the tube to prevent escape, and make sure the diameter of the tube matches the snake s diameter. Measure the snake from the tip of the nose to the end…

Pyramid - Flexible Six Feet Up Dir. of Engineering Clayton Parker unveiled Pyramid. A demo of this version is available; the code powering it and step-by-step build instructions are on GitHub. Pyramid was born out of a merge between Pylons 1.0 and repoze.bfg…

First things: Firstly, you need to understand that most snakes will eat when they are happy and hungry. Snakes are not robots and unlike mammals they don’t always feed on demand. It’s very common for all snakes, particularly ball pythons to fast and go…

Like many in this business I ve had an unexplainable attraction to cold-blooded creatures since birth, (or shortly thereafter). Throughout my life I ve kept reptiles, early on it was usually anything I could find in the wild outside my house. In high…

Co-DominantThe term co-dominant is used incorrectly by reptile enthusiasts. The proper term is incomplete dominant However, the common usage in the reptile industry is:The genetic pattern of co-dominant genes is essentially the same as the genetic pattern…

This blog article will attempt to provide a checklist of sorts for persons having difficulties getting a newly acquired ball python hatchling to feed. I m not going to re-write what I ve already written in previous blogs so I ll simply make reference…

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A few articles ago, we looked at the veiled chameleon as a potential starter reptile for pet stores looking to expand into the increasingly expansive reptile market. This time around, let’s examine another easy-to-care-for reptile that can do wonders…

The infamous Python vs Alligator photo from the Everglades Swamp! This is what happens when pythons are released into the Everglades. The pythons get eyes bigger than their stomachs and think it s safe to eat a whole alligator. Stupid snake!The Professor…

Humans love animals, and whether we’re keeping dogs and cats or looking for new animals to domesticate some people are willing to spend more money than most of us will ever see on their furry creatures. Take a look at some of the world’s most expensive…

:Hello, I m a first time snake owner I have a female Ball python, she was about 20 inches long when I bought her and was about 3 months old. I ve had her for about 3 weeks now, The first week and a half home she refused to eat, I do live Rat pups, She…

Some aspects of an animal are determined by their environment, their experiences, their diet, or even accidents (perhaps during development) but many are determined by their genes. With few exceptions, genes are found in pairs, with one member of each…

Give us a cuddle: The pair - seen here by the local park pond - have become a tourist attraction Time for a swim: Police say they re powerless to do anything about the python as it s not poisonous The pair are now so well-recognised that they have become…

The Royal python also known as the ball python because of its ability to curl into a tight ball when feeling threatened is the smallest African python. It has a large triangular head, black or red eyes, and a large chunky body. Whilst they come in many…

Desert Ball Pythons are beautiful visual morphs. Unfortunately as far as I ve read there have been no confirmed successful clutches laid by female Desert Ball Pythons. Some breeders have speculation that if you re able to get the snakes weight over 3…

There are 25 known species of pythons in the world. Like all snakes, pythons are cold blooded. Pythons are not venomous; they kill their prey by constriction. Some of the different types of pythons are the reticulated python, the ball python, the Burmese…

I have been keeping reptiles for most of my life. My childhood was spent with cages piled up to the ceiling in my room filled with many of the different herps that I had collected from the fields around my house. This interest progressed and eventually…

The thought of why and how ball pythons may have evolved to hunt primarily at night in the wild came upon me while I was cleaning ball python cages yesterday. This blog entry is more or less a loose hypothesis or collection of possibilities on why and…

The ball python, also referred to as the royal python, is a python species native to Africa. It is one of the most popular exotic pets in the west, and its docile nature and relatively small size are largely responsible for this. Such is the demand for…